The proposed offshore wind farm zone off the coast of Bunbury has raised a trove of queries and concerns, so we at the South Western times took those questions and put them to an expert.
Oliver Lane
Oliver Lane and Caleb Runciman
Workers at the popular South West cheese factory were thrilled to announce a bounty of victories at the Dairy Industry Association of Australia 2024 awards.
Craig Duncan
WA’s only youth cattle handling camp came to Brunswick last week, offering young people from Exmouth to Albany the opportunity to test their skills and dip their toes into cattle handling.
Three Aboriginal artists with strong connections to the South West have been chosen to tell cultural stories in artworks at Albemarle’s Paris Grove development in Australind.
Sean Van Der Wielen
South West NRM continues its Community Resilience Network in order to help farmers cope with the expanding pressures that face our rural regions.
Residents of Wokalup are becoming increasingly frustrated by delays for a proposed telecommunications tower they need in order to call triple-0.
Small businesses in Harvey and Waroona will have the opportunity to take part in a free online workshop to help them plan digital initiatives, manage business risks and implement resilience strategies.
Claudette Rizzi
A Preston Beach resident has recalled the moment he thought a plane falling from the sky before crashing was an ‘astronaut’ or a ‘space shuttle’.
Two elderly men have survived a serious plane crash after they were forced to make an emergency landing on Tuesday afternoon.
Dementia Australia is visiting the Shire of Waroona this month to help educate and provide support for people living with dementia, their carers, family, and friends.
The Harvey Hawks opened their South West Soccer Association Men’s Division One season with a thumping 7-1 win over Bunbury Dynamos at Forrest Park on Sunday.
Josh Kempton
A high-profile defamation lawyer representing Linda Reynolds has been fined heftily for professional misconduct after airing protected health information.
Claire Sadler
Michael Victor Harrison had been accused of murdering a 49-year-old man inside a Fremantle social housing complex.
Emily Moulton
The 38-year-old woman who was allegedly murdered in Broadwater has been remembered as a ‘loving mother’ as her two alleged killers front court for the first time.
Oliver Lane, Sean Van Der Wielen and Caleb Runciman
The much-vaunted Rising Stars 2024 report by Canstar and Hotspotting ranks includes ten Perth suburbs in the list of 110 rising stars around the nation.
Kim Macdonald
AFL expert Danielle Laidley runs the rule over every West Coast Eagle and Fremantle Docker after a western derby shock. Here’s who starred and who struggled.
Danielle Laidley
From enjoying the Harley Reid hype to Justin Longmuir’s next move, The West Australian reporter Mitchell Woodcock takes a no-holds-barred look back on the week of footy in his new Motormouth Mitch column.
Mitchell Woodcock
Three people have been rescued from Bluff Knoll after they were stranded on Saturday night, marking the third rescue effort in three weeks.
RITA’S SHOCK VALUE: WA families are set to receive another electricity credit as Treasurer Rita Saffioti talks up, ‘the biggest cost-of-living assistance delivered in any Budget’ on May 9.
Public school teachers and principals were the targets of 14 assaults or physical threats each day they were in the classroom in 2023 – a 20 per cent jump on the previous year.
The State coroner has found Damien Lyndon Woods drowned after the 18-year-old was swept off rocks at Waychinicup National Park in 2021.
Georgia Campion
International charity Dress for Success arrived in Bunbury last week to give clothes, confidence and support to women in need for their journey to work
Film lovers enjoyed an iconic treat with some world class French films hosted at BREC for the first time last week
An Albany man who called himself the “biggest gangster” in town has been imprisoned for a terrifying attack at the Albany Waterfront Marina in March where he held a tomahawk axe to the back of a man’s neck.
The Broome Bulls, Cable Beach, Broome Towns and the Derby Tigers all had convincing victories at the weekend as the WKFL kicked off round two at the Broome Recreation and Aquatic Centre Ovals.
Most of the State has kicked into dry seeding, and while the conditions are ‘not unusual’ for WA, it has still put a cloud over growers, according to the latest GIWA crop report.
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell says the US economy, while otherwise strong, has not seen inflation come back to the central bank’s goal.
Jeff Cox
People with more money than their peers often ask you to transfer comically small amounts of money.
Aditi Shrikant
A majority of workers know the feeling of wanting to retract an email right after they’ve sent it, and the youngest professionals are the most likely to feel email regret.
Jennifer Liu
Oil prices could soar to $US100 per barrel and beyond, said market watchers, after Iran mounted an aerial attack against Israel reigniting fears of a regional war.
Lee Ying Shan
The teachers’ union expects more than 4000 members to walk out of their classrooms and flood streets across WA on Tuesday in a strike expected to cause widespread disruption to schools and families.
Bethany Hiatt
Perth blogger Constance Hall has revealed she knew alleged murder victim Tara Morrison, who was found dead at a home near Busselton 10 days ago.
Phil Hickey
A new battlefront has opened in the public schools pay dispute, with the principals’ union preparing to launch further industrial action one week after teachers go out on strike.
Australia faces clear and significant challenges when it comes to our immigration system. Recent court decisions and attempts to pass new laws through Parliament have highlighted a range of issues.
Treasurer Rita Saffioti has left the door open to a higher wage rise for teachers, ahead of the first educator strike in a decade planned for Tuesday morning.
The largest hip-pop and R&B music festival in the southern hemisphere has revealed a “massive” line-up for Aussie fans.
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